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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0850
    Creator: Stanford University. School of Law.
    Title: Scrapbook of letters to George E. Crothers
    Dates: 1946
    Physical Description: 1.5 Linear feet (1 volume)
    Summary: This scrapbook was presented to George E. Crothers by students of Stanford Law School in appreciation of his donation of Crothers Hall, a dormitory for law students. The letters are from law school alumni, faculty, administrators, and Stanford Trustees, including Herbert Hoover, Donald B. Tresidder, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Marion R. Kirkwood, Herbert C. Jones, and Earl Warren. The scrapbook has an illuminated title page with hand calligraphy by C.C.M.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Ownership & Copyright

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    Scrapbook of Letters to George E. Crothers (SC0850). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    George E. Crothers was a Judge and member of the Stanford Board of Trustees (1902-1912). He served as attorney to Jane Lathrop Stanford and was part donor of two graduate dormitories at Stanford University.

    Description of the Collection

    This scrapbook was presented to George E. Crothers by students of Stanford Law School in appreciation of his donation of Crothers Hall, a dormitory for law students. The letters are from law school alumni, faculty, administrators, and Stanford Trustees, including Herbert Hoover, Donald B. Tresidder, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Marion R. Kirkwood, Herbert C. Jones, and Earl Warren. The scrapbook has an illuminated title page with hand calligraphy by C.C.M.

    Access Terms

    Crothers, George E. (George Edward), 1870-1957.
    Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
    Jones, Herbert C. (Herbert Coffin), 1881-1970.
    Jones, Herbert C., (Herbert Coffin), 1880-1970.
    Kirkwood, Marion Rice, 1887-1978.
    Stanford University. Crother's Hall.
    Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
    Warren, Earl, 1891-1974.
    Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949